BE410-5-FY-KS:
Organisational Behaviour
2022/23
Essex Business School
Kaplan Singapore
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 5
Current
Thursday 06 October 2022
Friday 30 June 2023
15
01 February 2023
Requisites for this module
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BE422, BE431, BE434, BE435, BE439, BE733, BE938, BE939, BE940
The intention of this module is to dig deeper into the concepts of management, work and organization in order to develop understanding of the interplay of management practices and experiences of organizational life.
The focus is on understanding the social, historical, economic, and cultural context within which things and people are organized. The module considers a number of broad and overlapping topics in the field of organizational behaviour and explores these with reference to both their historical origins and their contemporary relevance.
The focus is on the social and cultural dynamics and power relations that shape the management and experience of organizational life. 'Organization' here has three meanings: (i) organization as an entity, a thing (an organization); (ii) organization as an activity, a practice (organizing) and (iii) organization as an idea, even an ideal. All three meanings have a direct impact on how we organize and manage in our daily lives and work, and form the basis of our thinking about organizational behaviour.
Whilst a clear description of organizational realities is important, to really understand management, work and organization, it is necessary to move beyond description, first to analyse and then to critically evaluate. Analysis means moving beyond description to understand the social contexts, processes and dynamics that give rise to particular organizational structures, relations and patterns of behaviour. The teaching, learning and assessment on this module is designed to support you moving from a descriptive to an analytical, and critically evaluative understanding of OB as you work through the teaching materials, readings and the two coursework assignments.
All students who successfully complete this module should be able to make and articulate an informed judgement on specific management and organizational practices, evaluating them in terms of their contexts and effects. This is an essential skill set for all managers, who are often in a privileged and influential position when it comes to making changes to the way we organize. It is also an important basis for final year study and beyond.
The aims of the module are:
1. To provide an appropriate level of conceptual and theoretical understanding of organizational behaviour.
2. To develop an informed understanding of the ways in which broader social contexts and changes affect organizational behaviour and management practice.
3. To develop students’ abilities to engage in critical analysis, evaluation and argumentation through reading, participation and assessment.
On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
1. Demonstrate a social scientifically informed understanding of organizational behaviour, drawing on relevant theories, concepts and examples of organizational settings (CWI and CWII).
2. Apply social scientific concepts and ideas to explain and evaluate changing contexts shaping the management and experience of work organizations (CWII).
3. Develop and deploy skills in critical analysis, evaluation and argumentation through reading, participation and assessment (CWI and CWII).
Skills for Your Professional Life
(Transferable Skills - reflecting the skills mapping recently undertaken in EBS)
After completing this module students should have:
1. Improved their academic and cognitive skills through:
A1: synthesis and bringing together concepts and ideas; A2: critical thinking; A3:
evaluation of evidence
2. Developed their data analysis skills by:
D4: analysing academic literature
3. Enhanced their soft skills through:
S1: teamwork; S4: showing their own initiative; S5: demonstrating motivation to succeed
4. Improved their communication skills by:
C4: understanding how to present successfully and confidently; C5: argumentation and
essay writing skills
5. Developed their technology skills through:
T1: use of Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
6. Enhanced their research skills by:
R6: understanding plagiarism and referencing
7. Improved their business management skills through their:
BM1: ability to adapt to different leadership practices and identify leadership
opportunities and challenges in organisations; BM2: ability to identify the significance
and effects of HRM practices; BM3: their ability to develop greater sensitivity and
awareness around implied and explicit ethical assumptions and beliefs
8. Developed their management and marketing skills by being able to:
M4: interpret and understand business related information including visual and media
analysis; M5: understanding innovation in the marketing and management context
No information available.
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography for this year.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Dr Sophie Hales, email: shales@essex.ac.uk.
Email: pahonen@essex.ac.uk
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No external examiner information available for this module.
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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